Don lafontaine movie trailer scripts

In a world where movie trailers and common phrases collide… one article describes the practice.

There are certain conventions when creating movie trailers; these differ depending on whether the trailer is for comedy or for drama.

Usually, you can tell which kind you're going to get depending on the first few voice-over lines of the trailer; if it starts with "In a World" or no voiceover whatsoever, you can expect drama, especially Speculative Fiction. However, if it begins with cheery music, it's going to be a comedy, even if the soundtrack turns sour as the narrator discusses the plot's primary conflict.

In both cases, the voiceover is Always Male.

Since their creation these archetypes have been increasingly played with and may even be leaning toward being discredited or even a Dead Horse Trope, as 21st century movie trailers usually don't have any narration at all, instead pulling from actual dialogue in the film if anything.

The trailer for ''Comedian'' (yep, that'